Benjamin pressed against the stone wall, tiptoed, and walked over with the most careful steps. Probably those mages were too focused on what was on the other side of the barrier and did not notice Benjamin approaching quietly for the time being.
The scene inside the barrier finally came into view.
Brilliant white light flickered within it, flying around the Queen like fireflies. The queen's eyes widened at this moment, with a bit of enthusiasm and expectation on her face. She stood on a stone that looked like a carved platform, with her hands gently touching a strange object rising from the ground.
As for the object she was touching, it was a... sculpture? Or a plant? Benjamin was a little confused for a moment.
It looks a bit like that kind of dry rotten wood, with its dark brown trunk twisted at strange angles and branching out into some sharp branches. The white light flying around the queen seemed to be slowly escaping from those branches.
"What is that? Can you detect it?" Benjamin asked the system.
"No, that barrier is very strange. Even I was blocked from the outside." The system was silent for a moment and replied, "However, you can try attacking this barrier."
“…”
Benjamin would not be stupid enough to take action in front of so many enemy mages.
He hid in the shadow of a wall, quietly removed the fluorescent moss nearby, and then secretly observed the changes in the situation. These mages seemed very uneasy about the Queen's actions, and some even took action and began to attack the barrier.
Several large fireballs hit, and the invisible barrier flashed. Then, the fireball disappeared into nothingness.
When the mages saw this, the expressions on their faces became more anxious.
"Oops, this thing can't be broken at all. Your Majesty's mind has been confused by it. We must rescue your Majesty!"
Many people also took action one after another, fireballs, wind blades... dense attacks hit the invisible barrier. Nearly a hundred mages gathered here, and the power of the attack together could not be underestimated. The entire narrow cave was illuminated by the light of that moment.
However, the barrier still only flickered, and then silently blocked all attacks.
And on the day of the barrier, the queen's hands tightly hugged that rotten wood-like torso. More and more light spots gathered on her body. If you look carefully, some of the light spots even integrated into her body, like the legendary saint who offered sacrifices to the gods.
And the queen's whole body suddenly started to tremble during this process.
"Your Majesty, let go quickly. This power will kill you!" Upon seeing this, a mage approached the barrier and slapped the barrier as hard as a window, shouting.
However, the queen within the barrier acted as if she heard nothing.
"Your Majesty... She may not even be able to hear our voices." Another mage who looked older shook his head, took a deep breath, and said, "There is nothing we can do, we can't stop her. I hope... it is recorded in the book It’s true.”
Someone retorted: "But even if it is true, what if Her Majesty the Queen can't bear it?"
"Then there's nothing we can do." The old mage closed his eyes, as if waiting for the verdict of a prisoner, "No one can stop this."
When the mages heard this, they all showed somewhat unwilling expressions.
The queen's life is connected to them, and it is also related to the fate of Ikol. If possible, they hope to keep all dangers out of sight and prevent the Queen from getting hurt at all. But... they can't do that.
However, at this moment.
"It seems like you want to break this barrier?"
A voice came from behind them. The group of mages turned around, only to see that familiar face, smiling under the fluorescent and white light.
"It's... it's you!"
They recognized Benjamin immediately.
"Are you surprised? We also fell into this place just like you." Benjamin shook his head and said, "Don't rush to do it yet. You don't want anything to happen to Her Majesty the Queen inside."
"Can you break this barrier?" the older mage asked after a moment of silence.
"Of course I can."
When the elder mage heard this, he became energetic and seemed to want to say something. But at this moment, several mages on the side immediately interrupted him and stared at Benjamin with hostile eyes.
"Don't believe this man." The mages said, "Whether it's death or rebirth, all this is Her Majesty's will. We cannot stop it, let alone allow an outsider to interfere."
As soon as these words came out, many mages nodded.
When Benjamin saw this, he snorted coldly.
These mages... are probably the die-hard loyalists trained by the so-called queen, right
"Then you can do whatever you want." Benjamin shrugged and said innocently, "As long as the Queen dies inside, you will also die one by one. But you can rest assured that we will take over Icol and govern it well. of."
"you… "
These mages were obviously angry at Benjamin's words, but they couldn't say anything for a while.
Benjamin just looked at them with a smile.
No matter what the Queen was doing inside, his instinct told him not to let this step be completed. Either the queen fails and dies inside, along with most of the mages in Ikol. Either the Queen succeeds, then Benjamin and the others may suffer. No matter which outcome it was, it didn't seem to be that good for him.
Therefore, he could only use words to provoke these mages.
"That's enough!" However, the older mage took a deep breath and said, "This guy is our enemy, why should we worry about it? Take him down! He is only one person and cannot be ours. opponent!"
“…”
Benjamin was speechless for a moment.
Damn...it seems like the excitement has gone too far.
"We are all mages, so if you have something to say, please speak it out. The church is watching covetously outside the gate of Crusad, so we should talk it over if you have something to say." He tried to ease the situation, but the other party did not seem to give him this chance.
The spell sounded, and the tidal elements gathered in the cave, emitting extremely huge magic fluctuations.
Headache.
Seeing this, Benjamin could only close his mouth and start casting spells.
Facing the attack of nearly a hundred mages, defense was definitely not possible. He could only use attacks and dodges to deal with it. Therefore, he immediately summoned hundreds of water-shaped birds and let them fly towards the crowd.
Then, he drank a bottle of agility potion and dodged, just dodging the torrent of magic.
"This guy… "
Benjamin's quick dodge speed startled the mages. Immediately afterwards, the water-shaped bird also rushed towards them, forcing them to withdraw their attention and summon a shield to resist these probably the most intelligent water element "creatures".
And Benjamin's movements did not stop.
More water-shaped birds were summoned by him and rushed towards the group of mages. Although this level of attack can't cause any damage, it greatly slows down the frequency of these mages' attacks.
Fireballs, wind blades... these things were still shooting towards him, but their density was greatly reduced. Benjamin felt like a fighter plane in thunder and lightning, constantly dodging in the hail of bullets, extremely flexible.
Soon, he found a gap and approached the invisible barrier.
He took out a crystal ball from his bag.